A Nightmare Night at Freddy's
"So Scootaloo, what are your plans for tomorrow night?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Nothing really. I was going to go get some candy in my Wonderbolts costume, but it looks lame. Not like Rainbow Dash's." she said.
"I'm supposed to help Rarity with her haunted house at the boutique, but it's going to be boring. All it is her chance to show off her fashion skills. Not enough scares, just scenery." Sweetie Belle said. "You?"
"Applejack's putting together a Haunted Hayride again this year. It's the same as last year. And the year before that." Apple Bloom sighed.
"Isn't there anything fun to do in Ponyville on Nightmare Night? Like could somebody actually put together a real haunted house? One that actually scares ponies?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Hmm..." Scootaloo said. "Well...there is one place we could go."
"Where?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Remember that old pizzeria we used to go? The one that closed down after one of the machines bit a pony's head off?" Scootaloo said.
"You mean the one that sent Quartz Luck to the hospital? It didn't bite her head off, but she was always a little different after that. Like, the front part of her head had caved in or something." Apple Bloom said.
"Yeah, that one. Well, nobody goes there anymore now that's it closed. How about we go and see the old characters?"
"Hold on, I heard that place was haunted." Sweetie Belle said, interrupting her friend.
"Aw come on. You're scared of a few little ghosts?" Scootaloo said.
"Well, no, but...but I heard my sister talk about how that place was being haunted by those four fillies who were killed there." Sweetie Belle explained.
"That's just an old pony's tale."
"No, I heard about that too." Apple Bloom said. "Apparently, somepony dressed up as one of the anima...thingies and lured five fillies into a back room, and killed them. The guy was caught the next day, due to the cameras, but the bodies were never found. Some say that they're the ones who are haunting the place. Wanting to get vengeance of the guy who did it."
"But he was arrested. Dumb ghosts need to learn when the job was done for them." Scootaloo said smiling.
"Ah honestly think it'd be kinda cool. Maybe a little freaky and scary, but it's Nightmare Night. We're supposed to be scared hairless." Apple Bloom said.
"I don't think it's a good idea. I get chills whenever I walk by the place." Sweetie Belle said.
"Oh don't be such a scaredy pony. You wanted to go to a haunted house, and there's a real life haunted house with actual ghosts and stuff but you are too scared to go." Scootaloo said.
"I'm not scared!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed, defending herself.
"Then prove it! Meet me and Apple Bloom across the street from Freddy's Pizzeria tonight at 11 o'clock. "
"What am I supposed to tell Rarity?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Just tell her you're going out trick or treating with us. It's Nightmare Night, so it's not unusual for us to be out late." Scootaloo suggested.
"Well...okay. I'll see you all there. I need to help her get everything set up though." Sweetie Belle said. "I'll see you later tonight!" she said and ran off towards the boutique.
"This is going to be so exciting!" Scootaloo exclaimed happily.
"Well, think about it. I mean, it is pretty spooky. I heard that some of the costumes started to reek of decaying flesh."
"It's just a story to get us scared to never go in there. Besides, it makes everything even scarier!" Scootaloo exclaimed.
"If you say so. Anyways, I gotta go help Applejack. I'll see you later!" Apple Bloom said and ran back home.
Scootaloo walked to the street where Freddy's Pizzeria was. She knew it was going to be a fun night. Nobody had gone in there because of they all feared what was inside. But she wasn't scared. She knew that ghosts didn't exist, but she knew she could get some good fun by moving some of the animatronic to scare them.
She walked up to the pizzeria and creaked the door open. The alarm system had died awhile ago and she wanted to play a few pranks on them before it got too much later. It was around 8 o'clock PM, so she only had a few hours to put everything in place. "Might as well get started now." she said to herself as she moved Freddy's machine to a corner.
***
"Where is she?" Sweetie Belle asked Apple Bloom as they waited across the street from Freddy's.
"Ah don't know. Shouldn't she be here by now? Ah thought she was the one who wanted to be here?" Apple Bloom said.
"Maybe she got scared and decided to run off." Sweetie Belle said smiling.
"Nah, she wouldn't do that. I mean, sure she was scared during the camping trip to Rainbow Falls, but she's gotten braver since." Apple Bloom said. "She's probably already inside. C'mon."
The two fillies walked up to the worn down and decrepit building and slid through an opening between the windows. The wallpaper was peeling, revealing the moldy and dirty underneath. "This place stinks." Sweetie Belle said, covering her nose.
"Ah hear ya'."
They wandered around the old tables, each still had the plates and utensils out, as if they were waiting to be used. The trash laying around crumpled beneath their hooves as they kicked up dust that hadn't been disturbed in years. "Where is Scootaloo?" Apple Bloom asked.
"I don't know. But I'm not enjoying this." Sweetie Belle said, scared.
There was a rustle behind them and the two fillies turned around, startled. "Scootaloo? Is that you?" Apple Bloom called out.
They walked towards the area they heard the rustling. It led to an old room filled with monitors and a poster that said, 'Celebrate!' The power suddenly turned on, emitting a loud buzz. The lights flickered on and they heard the familiar animatronics voices from across the building.
"Was that Scootaloo?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"O-of course it is. Who else would be here?" Apple Bloom said, stuttering.
They walked out of the room towards the stage. The animatronics looked around and repeated the same phrases that the two remembered from when they were younger. "Remember kids, no running at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria!" they heard the mechanical voice say with a chipper laugh.
"Heh, didn't stop us though." Apple Bloom said, trying to lighten the mood. "They still have Chica!" she exclaimed, pointing the yellow animatronic with a bib that said, 'Let's Eat!'
"And Bonnie!" Sweetie Belle said pointing to the purple bunny who's face had started to tear.
Apple Bloom looked over to a door that said employees only. "Maybe she's in here. If she turned the power on, then this is probably where it would be."
"Are you sure?"
"Well, where else could she be?" she said, opening the door. As she opened the door, she was thrown back as a Freddy Fazbear mask was thrown on her. "Ahhhhh!!!" the little filly screamed, panicking. "Get it off!!"
"Hahahahaha!!!" they heard a laugh coming from inside the room. "You're face was priceless!!" Scootaloo said, laughing harder.
"Scootaloo! That wasn't funny!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed, clearly shaken.
"Jerk!" Apple Bloom shouted. "Ya' almost gave me a heart attack!"
"Ah, you're fine. Don't be such a scaredy pony." she said. "C'mon! I got the games to kick back up again! They still work!" she said, running over the two and rushing towards the arcade just down the hall.
"Is she serious?" Apple Bloom said.
"We might as well follow her. I don't like being alone here." Sweetie Belle said, getting a bad feeling with the way the Chica animatronic was staring at her.
As they walked towards the arcade, Apple Bloom heard a voice behind them. "Don't leave." She quickly turned around, frightened by the little child's voice she heard.
"Did you hear that?" she asked.
"Hear what?" Sweetie Belle asked scared that Apple Bloom may have heard something.
"A...Nevermind. I'm just letting the atmosphere of the place get to me." she said and continued to walk to the arcade. When they entered, they saw Scootaloo playing Pac-mare.
"Spooky, huh?" she said, tossing a mask over to them.
"Ugh, what's that smell?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"It's the masks. They haven't been cleaned since the place closed, so they reek." Scootaloo said as she beat the high score from the last person to play.
"They smell like death." Apple Bloom said.
"Well you would too if you didn't bathe in years." Scootaloo said. "Oh, I brought some pizza and put it in the kitchen! The oven and freezer still work, so if you guys want you can make some pizza real quick." she said, starting a new game.
"Ah could have some pizza." Apple Bloom said.
"If someone else went with me to make it, I could eat." Sweetie Belle said.
"Are you still scared Sweetie Belle?" Scootaloo teased.
"It's fine. I'll go and you two stay here. It shouldn't take too long." Apple Bloom said.
"You sure?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Yeah. It's fine." she said and walked out of the room.
Sweetie Belle walked over to Scootaloo and saw her get eaten by one of the ghosts. "Got room for one more player?"
"Sure." Scootaloo said, pressing the two player button on the machine.
***
Apple Bloom walked along the cold damp hallways as she searched for the kitchen. A slight breeze blew threw the rotting building, carrying a rancid odor with it. "Sweet apple tater sauce that's disgusting." she said, covering her nose. Most of the lights were out, and the few that were still on kept flickering on and off. It left an eery feeling in her. "Don't worry Apple Bloom. It's an abandoned pizzeria. Nothing to fear." she said, shaking a little.
She walked past the stage and felt their eyes stare into her. "They're just dead machines." she said, trembling. She hurried past them and ran into the kitchen. She opened the freezer and saw the pizzas Scootaloo had brought. She took one out and opened the oven which was covered in webs. "Eww!" she said as she cleared oven clear of them. "I hope they like webbed pizza." she said, placing the pizza in the oven after clearing out most of the webs.
She closed the oven and set the timer. There was a rustle coming from behind her and she turned to see a can roll across the floor. She heard laughter coming from the stage. "Hey everyone!" she heard Freddy say.
"Hello boys and girls!" Chica said.
"Hi everybody!" Bonnie said, finishing off their greetings.
"Are they working again?" Apple Bloom said aloud and walked back to the stage.
"Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza!" Freddy said as she took a seat in one of the chairs.
"I'm Chica. Let's eat!"
"I remember this!" Apple Bloom said happily, remembering her days here as a younger filly.
"Bonnie Bu-Bu-Bu-Bunny here!" Bonnie's robot said, as it malfunctioned, repeating words.
"And everyone knows me! Freddy Fazbear! Hehehehe!" Freddy said laughing. "Is everybody having a good time? Cause I know I am!"
"I could use some more-more-more-more-help me-more pizza!" Chica said.
"Huh?" Apple Bloom said. "Did she just say...help me?" She shook her head. It was just an old machine that was probably malfunctioning from years of being unused.
"Many delicious p-p-p-ponies-delicious pizza here at Freddy's Pizza, Chica." Freddy said.
"Okay...that was weird." she said. I know I heard him say ponies. she thought.
"You can't live off pizza all the time Fre-Fre-Fre-Freddy." the Bonnie machine said chuckling.
"You can-can't leave-"
"When you're eating kids remember to eat a lot of kids green-green-green-plenty of green vegetables kids." Chica said, throwing her words in different places.
"All you young bunnies need to have your carrots!" Bonnie said. "Please run."
"It's important if you want to live-live-live-live-have a fun and happy children- fun and happy time at-"
"Freddy Fazbear's Pizza!" the three machines all said at the same time.
"Okay." Apple Bloom said, chuckling nervously. "That's enough old memories for me." she said slowly backing away from the machines, which she swore had started looking at her throughout the routine.
"Hey Chica!" Bonnie said.
"Yeah Bonnie?" she replied.
"You know what I do to have fun-fun-fun-fun?"
"Is it the games?"
"N-n-n-n-nope."
"Is it the don't let them escape Pirate's Cove?"
"Not even close!"
"Well what is it Bo-Bo-Bo-Bo-Bonnie?" Freddy chimed in.
"I like to sing!" Bonnie said happily.
"Well why didn't you say so? Let's rock out the band!" Freddy said.
"One. Two." Chica started. "One."
"Two." Bonnie said.
"Three." Chica continued.
"Four!" Freddy finished. His machine started to shake and falter before crashing. There was a low hum as the power went out.
"Hey!" Apple Bloom heard Scootaloo shout. She ran back to them, too freaked out by what she had heard to want to be left alone here. She slammed into Sweetie Belle who gave a light shout.
"What gives? Why'd you turn the power off?" Scootaloo said.
"It wasn't me! Something's up with those machines! Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, all of them!" she exclaimed.
"What's wrong with them? Other than being worn down." Scootaloo asked.
"They were saying really creepy things! Like, 'don't let them escape.,' and other weird things!" she said frantically.
"R-really?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"Oh please. It's just a load of hooey to try and scare us. Those things are so old, whatever kept them together is falling apart now. It's probably just a malfunction." Scootaloo said.
"Maybe." Sweetie Belle said.
"It's true! Look, we'll turn the power back on and I'll show you!" Apple Bloom exclaimed.
Scootaloo sighed. "Fine." she said and led them to the power room. As they past the stage, Apple Bloom froze in place.
"What is it?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"They...they moved. They weren't like that when I left." Apple Bloom said, scared.
They all looked to the stage and saw that the machines were all looking back at them, like they were staring into their souls. "That's creepy." Scootaloo said, walking towards the power room. "I'll be right back. I'll get the power going and then we can see just how weird they sound like." Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle stayed together, not wanting to leave in case those things followed them. The power returned and Scootaloo walked back and took a seat in a chair.
"Har har har har har!" the fillies heard a laugh from Pirate's Cove. "You best be gettin' back on stage land lubber, because these little kiddies are now a part of...the Pirate's Co-Co-Co-Co-Cove. When around the Pirate's Cove, please remember to be safe kiddies, or else ye' be lost forever walkin' the plank." the voice from Pirate's Cove said.
"That's weird. He didn't say anything last time." Apple Bloom said, silently freaking out again.
"Let's see!" Scootaloo said walking over to the cove. There was a sign by it that said out of order. Scootaloo removed the cover and opened up the home of Foxy. "Wow. He's really losing his shape." she said, pointing out his exposed legs and destroyed fur.
Scootaloo climbed on stage and gagged. "Oh boy! He smells worse than the others!" she said. She looked closer to him and saw what looked like blood on his mouth. "That's disgusting!" she said. "They never did clean him!"
"Umm...I think we should get out of here, Scoot." Apple Bloom said.
"Why? It's not like these things can hurt us."
Not my fault.
"Huh?" Scootaloo said, turning to Foxy. "Did you say something?"
Not in control.
"Of what?" she said. Foxy lunged at her and bit her head off of her body as it slumped to the floor. It was so fast, that Scootaloo didn't even get a chance to register what was about to happen before it was too late.
Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle were frozen in shock, unsure of what just happened and if it was real or not. Foxy slowly looked at them and the hinges on his mouth loosened, letting Scootaloo's disembodied head roll towards them. It tapped Sweetie Belle's hoof, still having that questioning face on it.
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" the two of them screeched and sprinted towards the exit.
"Hey ki-ki-ki-kiddies! Don't forget to check out the arcade before you leave!" Bonnie said, blocking the exit.
The fillies screamed again and ran towards the kitchen. "Let's eat!" Chica said, blocking their way to the kitchen.
They quickly made their way to the room with the Freddy poster and closed both of the doors. The monitor was up with the cameras doing their usual routine.
"What happened!!??" Apple Bloom shouted.
"They ate her!" Sweetie Belle cried out.
"She...she..." Apple Bloom said, slowly realizing what had happened. Tears started forming in her eyes.
"Apple Bloom! We have to get out of here!"
"How!? They're blocking the exit!!" she cried out. Suddenly, the power went out, the doors rose up and the familiar hum as the downed power echoing through the building. "Do you think they can get us without the power on?" she asked.
"Maybe." Sweetie Belle said. They were silent as they heard a familiar jingle. They looked at the door on the left. There were a pair of glowing eyes that shimmered in the dark. The jingle ended, the eyes turning to black, leaving them alone.
"We have to get out of here." Sweetie Belle said. They made their way out the right door and heads down the hall for the exit, unaware that they were being followed.
Bonnie stalked the two exoskeletons that were breaking the rules. No exoskeleton was supposed to be out of costume. As he followed them, he picked up a can. He knew that no exoskeleton could be allowed to roam free unless they were in costume. The last one that tried was shoved in a Freddy Fazbear costume and broke apart.
He tossed the can towards the exoskeletons, causing them to turn around in fright. When he saw their eyes, he screeched and lunged towards them, grabbing their bodies, which felt warmer and softer, much like the last one.
"Let us go!!" Apple Bloom exclaimed, trying to break free. Sweetie Belle was in tears, too scared to move.
Bonnie threw one of the exoskeletons against the wall next to Chica, who held it down so it couldn't run. Freddy brought out another Freddy Fazbear costume and held it open so Bonnie could stuff the exoskeleton into the costume.
"Let me go!! I didn't do anything wrong! We didn't do anything!!" Apple Bloom exclaimed as she was lowered into the costume. It was filled with wires and bars that helped the exoskeleton move. There was no more room for her. She felt the worse pierce her legs and she screamed in pain.
Sweetie Belle sat against the wall, unable to help her friend. She looked beside her to a turned off animatronic and saw a hoof sticking out. "Help me." she heard a small filly say. "Please."
"Sweetie Belle!! Help!" Apple Bloom exclaimed as the bars inside the costume broke her legs, causing her to cry out in more pain. With a final push on her head, Bonnie slammed the rest of Apple Bloom into the costume, splashing blood across Sweetie Belle. It became eerily quiet, Apple Bloom's shrieks being silenced.
"No...no..." Sweetie Belle cried to herself quietly. Chica began to walk Sweetie Belle over to the Freddy costume. "No! Stop!! Please!!! I don't want to die!! Let me go!!!"
As she brought the shrieking exoskeleton, a part of her felt guilty. She knew this wasn't an exoskeleton, but a filly, much like she used to be. But rules were rules, and exoskeletons had to be put back in the costumes. No matter what.
"Please!! Don't do this!" Sweetie Belle shrieked as she was lowered into the costume. Her hooves felt the bloody and bony remains of her friend. She cried uncontrollably as she felt her friends bones, some which snapped, others that were like the bars and wires, piercing her as she was lowered. She felt something stab through her chest, missing her heart, but piercing the side of her lung. She coughed up blood and they stopped pushing her down,as her friends mangled body wouldn't allow her to go any further.
They brought the helmet for the costume over, her vision going in and out from the loss of blood and pain. Chica stared into the exoskeletons pleadings eyes, and slammed the helmet on, causing the eyes to burst through the eye sockets and blood to spray over her. Freddy placed the costume on the table, and walked out, knowing that no more exoskeletons were roaming free.
Bonnie followed, and Chica stared at the eyes one last time. "You're one of us now." she said in a low, demonic voice before walking back to the stage. As they took their places, she heard the sound of happy kids outside trick of treating like they did every year. And every year, some unfortunate souls decided to tempt their fate with a night at Freddy's.